Regional Driving Assessment Centre

Analysis

Regional Driving Assessment Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Solihull. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05962393). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Regional Driving Assessment Centre reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.0m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.0m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Regional Driving Assessment Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harborne and Smethwick Charitable Trust (£2.0m), Rest Haven (£2.0m) and Fairplay (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £920k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.